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How To Do AMS Spotting? Help Please

Johnsiebert From Germany, joined Sep 2007, 163 posts, RR: 0
Posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2513 times:

Hi guys,

i want to go to spotting in AMS during my easter holidays,
i´ll have the possibility to move with a car there.
I just want to know which runways are the best ( where can i get near to the departing and landing planes).
I heard of the Polderbaan or the Kaagbaan but i don't know on which time of the day i have to be there to get good lightconditions (don´t want to have backlit). Also I don't know how to reach the spottingpoints on the runways.
Can anyone please help me?

thanks in advance

Cheers
John Wink

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TimdeGroot From Netherlands, joined Apr 2002, 3674 posts, RR: 67
Reply 1, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2509 times:

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Hi John

There are a couple of websites out there with good info. Like this one
http://www.schipholspotter.com/

remember the Kaagbaan spot will be closed when you get here so you;re pretty much stuck at the polderbaan (not the worst of place to be stuck at for a photographer) or maybe the aalsmeerbaan.

Tim

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Johnsiebert From Germany, joined Sep 2007, 163 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2409 times:

Hi again,

now in 10 days i will go to AMS if the weather is fine otherwise in 13 days.
Whats about the lightconditions at the polderbaan? because maybe i want to stay there.
thanks in advance

John Wink

Johnsiebert From Germany, joined Sep 2007, 163 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2402 times:

Sorry guys

just found something that helped me
enjoy spotting Wink

John

TimdeGroot From Netherlands, joined Apr 2002, 3674 posts, RR: 67
Reply 4, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 2396 times:

Quoting Johnsiebert (Reply 2):
Whats about the lightconditions at the polderbaan? because maybe i want to stay there.
thanks in advance

Light is getting there in the afternoon, morning is always good.

Tim

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Johnsiebert From Germany, joined Sep 2007, 163 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 2339 times:

So

am i right? Morning eastside afternoon west side?
And what's about lenses?
28-105 or 75-300?

Thanks

John Wink

AirKas1 From Netherlands, joined Dec 2003, 3845 posts, RR: 57
Reply 6, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 2324 times:

Quoting Johnsiebert (Reply 5):
Morning eastside afternoon west side?

Yes.

Quoting Johnsiebert (Reply 5):
28-105 or 75-300?

I'd pick the 75-300

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Ptrjong From Netherlands, joined Mar 2005, 3769 posts, RR: 20
Reply 7, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 2315 times:

Quoting Johnsiebert (Reply 5):
Morning eastside afternoon west side?

Yes... as with any Rwy 18/36.
Around midday the light is pretty bad, certainly for side-ons.

Quoting Johnsiebert (Reply 5):
And what's about lenses?
28-105 or 75-300?

I'd say 75-300, a 737 requires about 105mm for a full frame shot.
If you want side-ons, 75 mm is too much for the largest aircraft, though.

Peter Smile

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